Evaluation of Spatial distribution of Green Area in Halabja City

Abstract

With the continuous increase in the population of cities and the accompanying urban expansion, the need has become urgent for the expansion of green spaces. The importance of green areas becomes clearer, It is even more important to balance their spatial distributions in Cities or their most important residential neighborhoods. Therefore, the research seeks to reveal the reality of the green areas in the city of Halabja and to identify their types, area, spatial distribution, pattern, and directions by evaluating this distribution. With the aim of detecting imbalances and identifying deficiencies in the current distribution, The researcher relied on the quantitative, descriptive and spatial data obtained from the Presidency of the Municipality of Halabja In addition to the city’s base plan for the year (2021 ), showing the residential shops and locations of green areas, Also, the field and visual satellite study of the city was used, and then the quantitative method was used Through appropriate GIS software tools with the achievement of the study objectives represented by the nearest neighbor and the analysis of point spatial patterns and others in the processing and analysis of data, The study reached a set of relevant conclusions and recommendations presented at the end of the research. The most important of which: According to the nearest neighbor scale, the current spatial distribution pattern of green areas is clustered, that is, the distribution is heterogeneous, and confirms its poor spatial distribution. It is noted that green areas are concentrated in the north and northwest of the city On the contrary, the concentration or density of green areas in terms of area is in the southeast and south of the city.